Bidzina Lebanidze [1] Georgia has been moderately successful in holding Covid-19 at bay and keeping case numbers low in the first 30 days since the outbreak. In order to remain resilient against Covid-19 and keep the infection curve flat, the country will need to emulate the experience of Asian st...

Bidzina Lebanidze Strengthening resilience in EU neighborhood states is a cornerstone of Brussels’ new ambitious global agenda. It aims to strengthen the states and societies that make up the EU neighborhood so they can better cope with challenges and crisis and adapt to fast changing political, s...

SpringerVS published a new book by GIP Senior Policy Analyst – Bidzina Lebanidze – “Russia, EU and the Post-Soviet Democratic Failure”. This publication is a part of the Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft book series (VGPO) By studying the influence of the two main external ac...

On 13 September 2018 the Georgian Institute of Politics, with the financial support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), presented a new publication – “Not EU’s world? Putting Georgia’s European Integration in Context” by GIP analysts – Bidzina Lebanidze and Mariam Grigalashvil...

The Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) published a new commentary on NATO-Georgia relations – “NATO and Georgia: Waiting the Winter Out” – by the GIP senior policy analyst – Bidzina Lebanidze. “NATO’s strategy towards Georgia after the 2008 Ru...

While Georgia has made an impressive progress on Europeanization agenda, its capacity to consolidate democracy is still uncertain. To discuss the prospects and challenges of Georgia’s democratization and Europeanization, on 2 May, 2018, the Georgian Institute of Politics with support of the Nation...

The GIP director, Kornely Kakachia and senior analyst, Bidzina Lebanidze participated at the kick-off conference held in Berlin on April 25-27 at premises of Free University of Berlin. Funded by Horizon 2020, a 3-year project – “Europe’s External Action and the Dual Challenges of Lim...

Working Group: Bidzina Lebanidze, Philip Remler (Principal Drafter), Atanas Dimitrov , Samuel Goda , Konstanze Jüngling , Nino Kemoklidze , Ida Manton and others This project aims to provide a menu of innovative ways in which the international community can engage with all sides in the four so-call...

On July 4 GIP fellow – Bidzina Lebanidze – took part in the workshop “Protracted Conflicts in the OSCE Region: Innovative Approaches for Co-Operation in the Conflict Zones” organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions....

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